We shopping around for a hosting company, there are a number of factors you need to consider. Most webmasters are smart enough to know that lowest prices could be attractive but the services that comes with the package can leave your website stranded. The web hosting comparison page hope to bring you information and tips on what to look for when shopping for web hosting space. In the next few days we will have a list of top UK web hosting sites listed on this page, in the meantime here is a quick guide to what you should look out for when buying web hosting.
- Are the servers hosted in UK – For speed and SEO and many other reasons, it is very important to find out if your hosting company’s servers are hosted in UK.
- Domain Name registered in your name? – Some hosting companies give you free domain name as part of the hosting package, ensure this is registered in your name.
- Web Hosting Space – How much hosting space are you getting, is the hosting space different from the email hosting space or inclusive?
- Uptime guaranteed – Does your hosting company offer 100% up time guarantee?
- Reviews – Have a read of what others are saying about your hosting company.
- Upgrade – Is there a clear path to upgrading should you outgrow the package you choose.
- Support – Does you hosting company offer 24 hours support? I support via telephone or via email?
- Back hander – Does your hosting company offer sweeteners such as Google, Yahoo or Bing adwords vouchers?
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